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• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Dell to go private in bid to dump ailing PC business

  Dell is set to reinvent itself as an IT services provider by exiting the PC business through a $22bn buyout by a private equity firm

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Defra plans £80m agile CAP system

  The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is planning a single integrated £80m Common Agricultural Policy system

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  BPO up, IT outsourcing down as Europe looks beyond cost cutting

  The value of European IT outsourcing contracts was the lowest for five years, while the value of BPO deals rose 35% compared with 2011

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  BYOD: People pay for devices to use for work

  Over half of employees buy their own devices for work use, according to new report from mobile device management specialist Good Technology

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Why has DLP never taken off?

  Why is data loss prevention (DLP) technology not being adopted if it provides the very protection most businesses need?

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Proposed EU data breach laws will require proactive security

  Proposed European Union data breach notification laws will require proactive network security, says security management firm LogRhythm

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  City of London School wins National Cipher Challenge

  A team from City of London School has triumphed over 724 other UK schools to win the 11th National Cipher Challenge

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  GDS must not become an outlier, warns Martha Lane Fox

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) must not remain an outlier to the way the public sector delivers online services, says Martha Lane Fox

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  UK citizens unwilling to embrace big data

  The public sector could improve services by imitating the private sector’s use of big data, but citizens are overwhelmingly against the idea

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Charities struggle to raise pro bono IT support

  UK charities are struggling to attract pro bono IT support

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Cyber Security Challenge UK announces first University Challenge

  Four leading UK universities for Computer Science are taking part in a code-breaking competition as part of Cyber Security Challenge UK 2013

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Google proposes alternative to passwords

  Google hopes to lead the scrapping of passwords by proposing what the company claims will be a more secure online authentication method

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  US general warns of Iran’s growing cyber capability

  Iran’s cyber soldiers are going to be a force to be reckoned with, the head of the US military cyber operations has warned

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  Red October exploits patched Excel and Word flaws, experts say

  The 'Red October' malware campaign uses patched Microsoft Excel and Word flaws to infect victims' computers, reveals analysis from Kaspersky

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  O2 to sell phones without chargers by 2015

  A three-month trial by O2 and HTC shows 82% of customers don’t need the charger when they buy a new mobile phone

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  Google buys King's Cross site for UK headquarters

  Internet giant Google spends £1bn on a 2.4 acre site in the King's Cross area of London where it plans to open its UK headquarters in 2016

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  Businesses finally see ROI for IT security

  IT security is increasingly being regarded as an integral part of business operations, a survey has revealed

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  RSA identifies 'bouncer' phishing attack

  A phishing scam that behaves like a nightclub bouncer is among a new breed of phishing attacks, say security researchers

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  Intel’s business hit by falling PC sales in 2012

  Chip maker Intel has reported fourth quarter net income of $2.47bn, down 27% compared with the same period a year ago

• January 17, 2013 17 Jan'13

  Malware hits US power plants

  Malware infected two US power plants via corrupted USB sticks in recent months, the US Cyber Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has revealed

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Post Office wants to get to bottom of IT system allegations

  A system that set out to modernise the Post Office in 1996 is under the spotlight after claims that Horizon accounting system is error prone

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Poor connectivity is biggest barrier to NHS mobile working

  Poor connectivity has been outlined as the biggest barrier to mobile working in the NHS, according to a study from the Department of Health

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Cloud security key to BYOD, (ISC)2 study shows

  (ISC)2 says businesses welcome bring your own device (BYOD) policies for cost savings and user experience, but need the right security skills

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  CIOs must hunt and harvest digital opportunities

  It is time for CIOs to focus on the outside world instead of internal IT, according to Gartner

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Juniper Networks outlines SDN strategy

  Juniper Networks wants to split networking functionalities across virtual machines to give administrators more control and the ability to innovate

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Hunt wants paperless NHS by 2018

  The NHS plans to go paperless by 2018, health secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Huge botnet infecting smartphones in China

  Security researchers say a huge botnet is running on the smartphones of more than a million mobiles in China

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Gartner predicts the demise of the desktop PC refresh cycle

  Data from market analyst Gartner paints a bleak picture of the PC industry, suggesting the era of desktop replacement cycles has ended.

• January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13

  Brocade names Lloyd Carney as CEO

  The former Xsigo CEO and ex-Juniper Networks’ chief operating officer, Lloyd Carney, takes over from Mike Klayko with immediate effect

• January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13

  UK office workers swamped with phishing emails, study finds

  UK office workers are being swamped with phishing emails, a study from training firm PhishMe has revealed

• January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13

  Security firm Secarma recovers data from drives bought on eBay

  Formatting hard drives does not delete data, security firm Secarma has warned after recovering data from recycled drives bought on eBay

• January 14, 2013 14 Jan'13

  Researchers uncover advanced cyber espionage campaign

  An elusive cyber espionage campaign has been targeting diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organisations for several years, analysis by Kaspersky Lab has revealed

• January 14, 2013 14 Jan'13

  UK hackers admit stealing Michael Jackson tracks from Sony

  Two UK men have avoided jail by admitting breaking into servers at Sony Music and downloading Michael Jackson's 50,000-track back catalogue

• January 14, 2013 14 Jan'13

  Anonymous uses Aaron Swartz suicide to call for copyright reform

  At least two MIT websites have been replaced with a political message in memory of digital activist and pioneer Aaron Swartz, who hanged himself

• January 14, 2013 14 Jan'13

  Oracle rushes out patches for Java zero days

  Oracle has released two out-of-band security updates for the latest zero day vulnerabilities in Java

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  Google's role in the enterprise: Interview with Thomas Davies

  As Google prepares its Q4 2012 results, UK head of enterprise Thomas Davies talks about the merger of cloud, social, mobile and big data

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  European Cybercrime Centre opens in The Hague

  Cecilia Malmström, EU commissioner for home affairs, has opened the European Cybercrime Centre (EC³) at Europol in The Hague

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  BlackBerry services down for Vodafone users

  Both companies are keeping quiet about whose technology is at fault while BlackBerry users across Europe suffer the outage

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  Windows 8 fails to stem PC decline

  Worldwide PC spending dropped 6.4% with Windows 8 adding confusion rather than driving adoption according to analyst IDC

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  Disable Java to protect from latest zero-day

  Security researchers are warning of a zero-day vulnerability in all versions of Java, including the latest Java 7 update 10

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  Google faces tough EU stance, says Joaquin Almunia

  Google faces a tougher stance on market position abuse in Europe than in the US, says EU competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Ruby on Rails flaws expose thousands of websites to attack

  More than 240,000 websites that use Ruby on Rails web applications are at risk of being exploited by attackers

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Software piracy international in scope, says Fast

  The scale of software piracy is both international in scope and military in its execution, says the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast)

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Software development key reason for £468m MoD overspend, says NAO

  Software development problems have been cited as a key reason for forecast overspend of £468m at the Ministry of Defence over the past year

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Drive-by and XXS attacks will increase in 2013 – but why?

  Drive-by download and cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) will remain top hacking methods in 2013. But what is their enduring appeal for hackers?

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Europe-wide patents could spread smartphone wars

  We look at how upcoming legislation for a single European patent will affect the ongoing battles between smartphone and tablet manufacturers

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Internet firms concerned over EU data protection proposals

  Internet firms such as Facebook may have to get permission to use data if the EU adopts proposals giving users more control over personal data

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  Expect two or more supplier audits this year

  A recent survey by CA has reported that 40% of IT decision makers expect to be audited by their software provider up to twice a year

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  Mobile banking demand drives app development innovation

  Barclays bank's decision to use private cloud and Linux will help it cut development costs and compete in the mobile banking sector

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  Google offers free Wi-Fi in New York

  Google is to create a public outdoor wireless network in New York to provide free internet access in the Chelsea area where it has offices

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Misuse of social media could wreak havoc, warns World Economic Forum

  The rapid spread of false information through social media poses a growing threat to business and society, the World Economic Forum has warned

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Are software audits good for your health?

  The Business Software Alliance's claim that 90% of all audit letters sent in 2012 were the result of tips from whistle-blowers is a wake-up call to CIOs

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Cloud erodes global IT services value as budgets remain tight

  The amount spent on IT and BPO services globally drops as businesses restructure contracts with emerging delivery options such as cloud

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  CES: Samsung says BYOD will be the norm by 2014

  Mobile manufacturer Samsung claims the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) workplace trend is at a tipping point and will become mainstream in a year

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Samsung predicts fifth record quarter

  Samsung Electronics expects its fifth consecutive quarter of record profits driven mainly by smartphone sales

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Morrisons sees poor sales due to lack of online presence

  Supermarket chain Morrisons posted “disappointing” sales over the Christmas break, due to the retailer’s lack of online presence.

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Global business intelligence spending to double in four years

  Spending on business intelligence (BI) software and services will reach $143.3bn in 2016, with two-thirds of this being invested in services

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Ernst & Young email keyword analysis identifies fraudsters

  Fraud investigators have revealed the most common words used in email conversations by employees engaged in rogue trading and fraud

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Dutch government publishes security flaw disclosure guide

  The Netherlands has published guidelines to encourage the responsible release of security flaws

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  German state accuses Facebook of violating privacy

  A German state claims Facebook is violating local privacy laws by not allowing users of the social network to use pseudonyms

• January 04, 2013 04 Jan'13

  Microsoft Patch Tuesday offers no easy start to 2013

  The first Microsoft monthly security update for 2013 contains seven bulletins covering a wide variety of software

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  CIO strategy for 2013

  As the economy shifts, the role of the CIO is constantly adapting. This year, expect to see a strong focus on digital enablement

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  Immigrants wrongly told to leave UK due to inaccurate data

  Some immigrants have been accidentally contacted by Capita and told to leave the UK as a result of inaccurate data used in a government push to remove thousands of illegal immigrants

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  Gartner ups its IT spending growth prediction

  Gartner has increased its worldwide IT spending prediction for 2013 as reducing economic uncertainties boost investments

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  UK to launch public cyber security awareness campaign

  The UK government is to launch a public cyber security awareness programme early this year aimed at consumers and small businesses

• January 02, 2013 02 Jan'13

  Israel launches cyber warfare training programme

  Israel has launched a national initiative to train young people for cyber warfare

• January 02, 2013 02 Jan'13

  UK amateur is top civilian in international cyber challenge

  A 26-year-old Essex software developer has finished as the highest-ranked civilian and second overall in the 2012 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge.

• January 02, 2013 02 Jan'13

  Microsoft issues quick fix for IE zero-day vulnerability

  Microsoft has released a workaround for a zero-day vulnerability in older versions of its Internet Explorer browser that is being exploited by attackers.

• January 02, 2013 02 Jan'13

  Predictions for European IT outsourcing in 2013

  An expert panel sets out what 2013 will mean to the IT outsourcing sector in Europe

• January 02, 2013 02 Jan'13

  Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch co-operates in HP fraud probe

  Former CEO and founder of Autonomy Mike Lynch says he will co-operate with a US investigation into fraud alleged by parent firm HP

• December 28, 2012 28 Dec'12

  Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2012

  Ten articles that illustrate some of the major trends in cyber crime in 2012

• December 28, 2012 28 Dec'12

  Top 10 business software articles of 2012

  The main thrust in enterprise software this year has been the introduction of a new Windows OS, programming model and user interface.

• December 27, 2012 27 Dec'12

  Top 10 personal computing articles of 2012

  The year 2012 will go down in history as the year when people voted with their wallets and decided that tablets are good enough for work.

• December 27, 2012 27 Dec'12

  Top 10 broadband stories of 2012

  We give a run down the top 10 broadband stories throughout 2012

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 IT security stories of 2012

  Ten articles that illustrate some of the key challenges and strategies around information security for governments, businesses and individuals

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2012

  Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some £38.7bn – was IT outsourcing

• December 20, 2012 20 Dec'12

  Australian University to give Freshers iPads

  The University of West Sydney is planning to distribute 11,000 iPads to students that enroll next year

• December 19, 2012 19 Dec'12

  Oracle Q2 revenues rise 3%

  Software giant Oracle has posted a modest increase in sales of 3% to $9.1bn (£5.6bn) compared to the same period the year before

• December 18, 2012 18 Dec'12

  Cisco closes 2012 with BroadHop buy

  Acquisition-happy Cisco makes its 11th purchase of the year with the purchase of policy control firm BroadHop

• December 17, 2012 17 Dec'12

  Bank IT should play earlier compliance role, says think tank

  Financial services organisations could streamline regulatory compliance by involving IT in the process earlier, according to think tank JWG-IT

• December 14, 2012 14 Dec'12

  There is more to IT than BYOD

  CIOs should stop worrying about BYOD according to analyst Gartner. Instead they should focus on technology transformation.

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  PCeU arrests three suspected ransomware blackmailers

  The UK Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has arrested three people in connection using ransomware, which security experts say poses a threat to businesses as well as consumers.

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  Little change to antivirus spend in 2013, survey shows

  Most organisations (71%) say spending on antivirus/antimalware technologies will not change in 2013.

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  HP in talks with BT to offer network as a service

  The Network Advantage Programme will enable communications service providers to offer ‘pay per port’ services to businesses of all sizes

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  Most IT pros do not trust cloud services with sensitive data

  Just over half of IT professionals who focus on cloud computing do not trust cloud services for any of their personal data, a survey has revealed.

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  Facebook to boost privacy controls

  Facebook is to make the biggest changes to the social networking site’s privacy controls in more than a year

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  Authorities arrest 10 suspected botnet data thieves

  Authorities in several countries have arrested a total of 10 people suspected of setting up a botnet of hijacked computers.

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Ghost Shell hacktivists publish over a million credentials

  The Ghost Shell group, an offshoot of the Anonymous hacking collective has published the log-in details from 1.6 million accounts

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  European Parliament approves single EU patent system

  The European Parliament votes in a patent statute to cover the European Union (EU), but Italy and Spain stay out due to language concerns

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  EU businesses embrace remote working with mobile device provision

  Eurostat report shows 48% of companies across the European Union (EU) provide employees with a portable device for working on the move

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  MPs slam draft Communications Data Bill

  MPs have slammed plans to give the Home Secretary carte blanche to retain any type of data in the draft Communications Data Bill dubbed ‘the Snoopers’ Charter’.

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  Cloud: security threat or solution?

  Can cloud computing tackle new and emerging cyber threats – or is this just a new round of security industry marketing hype?

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  CIO interview: Steve Whatson, IT director, Metropolitan Police

  Steve Whatson, director of ICT for the Olympics and Major Change at the Metropolitan Police Service, discusses the challenges of IT transformation at the Met

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  UK CIOs see EU regulation as key

  A third of UK CIOs are more concerned with EU regulation, such as the data protection directive, than their own local laws, a study has revealed.

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  Three chooses Huawei for managed services contract

  UK mobile operator Three will transfer staff to Huawei, and its partner Tech Mahindra, to manage its core network and operations.

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  IBM industrialises silicon and optical nanotechnology for big data

  IBM has invented a chip that combines photonics and silicon on a single 90nm die capable of transferring data at 25Gbps.

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  Hacktivists target MP's website

  An inquiry is underway after the website of Conservative MP David Morris was hacked at the weekend.

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  Rivals square up over internet governance at WCIT

  The future of internet governance is to be decided this week as rival groups hammer out a new international telecoms treaty.

• December 07, 2012 07 Dec'12

  UK government jobs website exploited by hackers

  Hackers have been able to exploit security flaws in a new government jobs website to steal personal information about job applicants

• December 07, 2012 07 Dec'12

  Barnet councillors challenge Capita outsourcing deal

  Barnet Council’s Labour opposition will lead a challenge to the council cabinet’s decision to sign a ten-year £320m outsourcing deal with Capita